Research efforts in this group cover a wide areas, including but not limited to: Deep Beams, Slender Columns, Beam-Column Joints, Eccentric Joints, Precast Concrete Connections, Precast Buildings, Slab-Column Connections, Flat Plate Structures, Flat Plate Slab and Floor Systems, etc. Shear and flexural behaviour as well as behaviour under torsions are investigated by means of simple code equations, strut and tie models and the nonlinear finite element models.

The experimental research is supported by two large laboratories in the school: the Heavy Structures Lab and the Protective Engineering Lab. Various loading combinations from simple static-monotonic loadings up to biaxial reversed cyclic loading, 3-D loading, and fatigue and impact loading can be applied (see Laboratories for details). Many personal computers as well as workstations or even super computers are available for computational purposes.

The professors working in the behaviour of structural concrete are: Cheong Hee Kiat, Paulus Irawan, Lee Sai Cheng, Li Bing, Pan Tso-Chien, Soh Chee Kiong, Tan Teng Hooi, Susanto Teng, Yip Woon Kwong.

Some samples of recent research topics are listed below. They are not meant to be comprehensive.

• Computational Experiment of Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements Using Damage Mechanics
  Chee-Kiong Soh, Susanto Teng, Yu Liu
• Damage Assessment of Lightly Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints Under Reversed Cyclic Loading
  Pan Tso-Chien (PI); Paulus Irawan; Li Bing; Susanto Teng
• Hybrid-Steel Concrete Connections Under Reversed Cyclic Loadings
  Yip Woon Kwong (PI), Li Bing, Leong Chee Lai
• Inelastic Behavior of Steel Bolted Flanged Plate Connections in
  Precast Concrete Frame
  Yip Woon Kwong (PI), Li Bing, Leong Chee Lai, Wu Yiming
• An Analytical Model to Predict the Moment-Rotation Relationship for Use in Simplified Design of Hybrid Connections
  Yip Woon Kwong (PI), Tan Teng Hooi, Sun Xin
• Design of Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall with Opening: Strut-and-Tie Approach
  Li Bing, Wu Hui, Zhao Yiwen
• Behaviour of Short Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Multi-directional Loading
  Paulus Irawan, Susanto Teng, Koichi Maekawa (Tokyo), Rudy Muljadi, Nguyen Xuan Hoang
• Behaviour of Gravity-Load Designed Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints under Lateral Loads
  Paulus Irawan, Pan Tso-chien, Susanto Teng, Soh Chee Kiong, Yin Hui, Lin Xin
• Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Flat Plates with Rectangular Columns
  Paulus Irawan, Susanto Teng, Lee Sai Cheng, Cheong Hee Kiat, M. G. Suwita, Than Than Wai
• Analytical Study on the Strengthening of RC Members by Fiber Reinforced Plates and Laminates
  Paulus Irawan
• Elasto-Plastic Damage Model of Concrete
  Paulus Irawan, Koichi Maekawa (Tokyo)
• Interior Slab-Column Connections under Biaxial Unbalanced Moments
  Susanto Teng and Yi-Liang Tan
• Flexural Behaviour of Flat Plate Floors with Irregular Column Layouts
  Susanto Teng, Hee-Kiat Cheong, Paulus Irawan, Tavio, Jianzeng Geng
• Analysis of Concrete Slabs Using 3-D Concrete Model and Shell Elements with Assumed Shear Strain Fields
  Susanto Teng, Chee-Kiong Soh, Yu Liu
• Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures
  Susanto Teng and Wenyuan Wang
• Behaviour of Slabs with Non-uniform Thickness, various Shear Reinforcements, and Openings
  Susanto Teng, Paulus Irawan, Sai-Cheng Lee, Sudong Ye
• Computation of Design Moments in Multi-Storey Concrete Buildings
  Susanto Teng and Soerya Widjaja
• Size Effect in High Strength Concrete Beams
  Susanto Teng, Lihua He, Ou’er Hu
• Eccentric Beam-Column Joints Subjected to Cyclic Loading
  Susanto Teng and Hua Zhou
• A Micromechanical Lattice Model for Plain Concrete
  Susanto Teng and Qingliu Li
• Slab-Column Connections with Openings Transferring Biaxial Unbalanced Moments
  Susanto Teng, Hee-Kiat Cheong, Jianzeng Geng
• Tests of Multiple Panel, Irregular, Flat Plate Floors
  Susanto Teng, Hee Kiat Cheong, Paulus Irawan, Jianzeng Geng, Tavio
• Behaviour of Edge Connection Under Gravity and Cyclic Lateral Loading
  Susanto Teng and Edward Anggadjaja
• Development of FEA Software for Concrete Structures
  Susanto Teng and Ou’er Hu

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